Intervention to improve quality use of medicines in elderly people: effect on health outcomes.

Effectiveness of an educational Quality Use of Medicines Program on medicines use, falls and quality of life for patients aged 65 years and over in general practice.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12605000264684

Enrollment

880

Registered

2005-09-02

Start date

2002-01-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention: 1) Academic detailing ( two long consultations, three to four weeks apart ). 2) Medication Risk Assessment Form (individualised patient feedback to GP - time frame depending on number of older patients seen in the general practice). 3) Prescribing information. 4) Medication review (standard or long consultation). 5) Prescribing feedback (one time). 6) Financial incentives.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Eligible practitioners were those who had been based at their current practice for 12 months or more. Patients were eligible if they were aged 65 or more, not living in a nursing home, and not too ill or infirm at the time of their consultation.

Exclusion criteria

No exclusion criteria

Outcome results